Tech firms’ encryption foe struggles for U.S. Senate re-election
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. senator seen by Silicon Valley as one of the technology industry’s main foes in Congress is fighting for his political life as Donald Trump’s slumping poll numbers threaten to damage Republican candidates across the board….
Biden says expects Guantanamo prison to close before Obama leaves office
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said on Thursday he expected the military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, would close before President Barack Obama leaves office in January.
Trump targets China trade, says plans serious measures
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump threatened on Wednesday to slap tariffs on Chinese products to show Beijing that the United States is “not playing games anymore” when it comes to leveling the field on trade.
Brexit leader Nigel Farage addresses Trump rally, bashes Clinton
JACKSON, Miss. (Reuters) – Nigel Farage, a key figure in the successful campaign to get Britain out of the European Union, lent his support to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Wednesday, saying Trump represented the same type of anti-est…
Assange says WikiLeaks to release ‘significant’ Clinton campaign data
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – WikiLeaks founder and editor-in-chief Julian Assange said on Wednesday his organization planned to release “significant” information linked to the campaign of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton before the Nov. 8 elec…
California legislature passes climate change bills
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – California lawmakers voted to extend the state’s climate change fighting efforts out to 2030 on Wednesday, giving a new lease on life to the most ambitious greenhouse gas reduction program in the country.
Clinton calls for lower price on allergy drug EpiPen
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton called on pharmaceutical company Mylan NV to voluntarily drop the price of its severe allergy treatment drug EpiPen, which has increased in price by more than 400 percent in the p…
Chorus grows for Clintons to shutter charitable foundation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Clinton Foundation, the family philanthropy of Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, should shut down or transfer operations to another charity despite its good work to avoid perceptions of “pay-for-play,” T…
Trump adviser’s Russia credentials come under scrutiny
MOSCOW (Reuters) – When Donald Trump named a little-known U.S. energy consultant as part of his foreign policy team, the adviser’s ex-boss was puzzled; how could the relatively junior banker he knew in Moscow a decade ago be qualified to brief a presid…
Exclusive: Clinton leads Trump in key swing states, would likely win election – poll
NEW YORK (Reuters) – If the U.S. presidential election were held today, Democrat Hillary Clinton would win the key swing states of Florida, Ohio and Virginia and have a 95 percent chance of beating Republican Donald Trump to become America’s first female president, according to the Reuters/Ipsos States of the Nation project.
